Synopsys Shows World’s First USB 3.2 Demo with 20Gbps Speeds

Systems design company Synopsys has provided an early look at the potential performance of USB 3.2, which was announced in July of last year. The latest USB specification is unique in that it supports multi-lane operation (two lanes of 5Gbps or two lanes of 10Gbps).

When these products do emerge, they will utilize commodity Type-C cables. Synopsys was very specific about the cables used in the demo. The company tells us that it used off-the-shelf Belkin USB 3.1 Type-C cables, which are the same as you can purchase at Target or other big box retails stores today.

Anyone know of another computer port that has been around a long time like USB that has actually improved? I remember cursing and beating my face against a keyboard trying to use USB 1.1 on a dell server in the 90's. I have not had a non driver or Karsus caused USB problem in a long time. It really is awesome engineering.

Anyone know of another computer port that has been around a long time like USB that has actually improved? I remember cursing and beating my face against a keyboard trying to use USB 1.1 on a dell server in the 90's. I have not had a non driver or Karsus caused USB problem in a long time. It really is awesome engineering.

Anyone know of another computer port that has been around a long time like USB that has actually improved? I remember cursing and beating my face against a keyboard trying to use USB 1.1 on a dell server in the 90's. I have not had a non driver or Karsus caused USB problem in a long time. It really is awesome engineering.

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I mostly agree but I'm still pretty annoyed with all the various small/mobile sizes that crept up. Micro, mini's, and couple other I don't remember. I've got a drawer full of 'em(at least 3 or 4 kinds) because of all those manufacturers who used some board that felt it was somehow necessary. They really went off the deep end.

I do remember how during 1 and 1.1 things were kind of messy and firewire was really dominating on many fronts. Around 2.0 we began to see some stabilization but then came all those mini type ports. With 3.0 I was really impressed. That combined with PCIe 3.0, prompted me to put together the rigs I'm still using today. I've been kind of on the sidelines watching the evolution of 3.1 and thunderbolt. All of it is pretty cool stuff. We've really come a long way.

I mostly agree but I'm still pretty annoyed with all the various small/mobile sizes that crept up. Micro, mini's, and couple other I don't remember. I've got a drawer full of 'em(at least 3 or 4 kinds) because of all those manufacturers who used some board that felt it was somehow necessary. They really went off the deep end.

I do remember how during 1 and 1.1 things were kind of messy and firewire was really dominating on many fronts. Around 2.0 we began to see some stabilization but then came all those mini type ports. With 3.0 I was really impressed. That combined with PCIe 3.0, prompted me to put together the rigs I'm still using today. I've been kind of on the sidelines watching the evolution of 3.1 and thunderbolt. All of it is pretty cool stuff. We've really come a long way.

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Hopefully it will stabilize with c being the standard connection at least for a while.

Anyone know of another computer port that has been around a long time like USB that has actually improved? I remember cursing and beating my face against a keyboard trying to use USB 1.1 on a dell server in the 90's. I have not had a non driver or Karsus caused USB problem in a long time. It really is awesome engineering.

Oh hell no. I really do hate those little plastic clip things that are supposed to keep it in the socket. But at least you leave network cables alone once they're set up.

From a physical standpoint, USB is a greater challenge to build a plug specification that can handle daily use and abuse.

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I hate that extra plastic coating that they use to keep the RJ-45 clips from breaking. It's irritating removing a bad cable from a high-density switch. Mice are another issue. Nothing like re-running mouse-chewed cable.